مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - USING STUDENT JOURNALS AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR TURKISH LESSON

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to evaluate texts of 4th grade Turkish lesson books with student journals by means of Turkish lesson aims. This is a qualitative study. In this study purposive sampling was used. 15 students of fourth grade in one of the primary schools in Denizli constitute the sample of the research. The study was applied on the second term of 2008-2009 academic year. The texts are included in the fourth grade Turkish lesson books used by students. Journals were evaluated by rubrics. While developing the rubric, field survery was done and aims of 4th grade were benefited. According to results of the Kendall W test, applied by taking the views of two experts for the validity of rubric, it was detected that there was an accordance among pointers in the scoring of the journals of the text. By taking the average scores given to journals by two pointers, journals were evaluated. Journals written by students related to texts helped students improve their writing skills. Students journals can be used in Turkish lessons as an assessment tool for evaulating writing skills.